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Day1 Topic feeds are categories of content organized by the primary subjects covered in the broadcast, video or article. You can subscribe to any Day1 Topic feed with your RSS reader to watch for new additions to the site on that topic.enTue, 02 Jun 2009 13:27:00 +0000Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:27:00 +0000Day1.orgsafety, Day1, religion, podcast, radio, videonoDay1.orginfo@day1.orgnosafety, Day1, religion, podcast, radio, videoReligion & SpiritualityFinding a Safe Place - Peter Wallace on the PsalmsDay1 Host Peter Wallace continues his discussion of fear in this video discussion about finding a safe place. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:27:00 +0000http://day1.org/1374-finding_a_safe_place__peter_wallace_on_the_psalms
http://day1.org/1374-finding_a_safe_place__peter_wallace_on_the_psalmsThe Rev. Peter WallaceDay1 Host Peter Wallace continues his discussion of fear in this video discussion about finding a safe place. Day1 Host Peter Wallace continues his discussion of fear in this video discussion about finding a safe place. noDay1.orgSafe in the SanctuaryThe church I currently serve is in the process of developing a long-range plan for the church.&nbsp; One of the initial steps in this process is a survey to members of the congregation.&nbsp; My very first day on the job I sat in on a meeting of the committee that was discussing the survey and noticed a set of questions at the very beginning of the survey that focused on whether people felt &lsquo;safe&rsquo; in the church.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The past year has seen some scary and horrific things happen inside churches.&nbsp; I was in Knoxville, Tennessee last summer a day after a man walked into a Unitarian Universalist Church and began shooting killing one man.&nbsp; A few months ago a minister was shot in the pulpit at a church just of hours away from here outside St. Louis, and then last week a doctor was shot and killed at his church.&nbsp; These are just a few of the incidents of violence, vandalism, burglary, and other heinous crimes which happen on the sacred ground where we go each week for &lsquo;sanctuary.&rsquo;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Safety is a serious concern and should not be taken lightly, but how far do we go?&nbsp; Installing cameras at the entrances and keeping doors locked seem like good ideas but what about security guards?&nbsp; Do you arm them?&nbsp; Do you keep an &lsquo;eye&rsquo; on suspicious people?&nbsp; Should we surround pulpits with bulletproof glass like the ones used for President Obama?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gospels tell us that the opposite of faith is not doubt but fear.&nbsp; In our churches we have to balance the desire and call to protect those who enter our sanctuaries with the impulse to act out of fear or guard against the appearance we are acting out of fear.&nbsp; It is not an easy line to walk.&nbsp;Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:25:10 +0000http://day1.org/1388-safe_in_the_sanctuary
http://day1.org/1388-safe_in_the_sanctuaryThe Rev. Stephen McKinney-WhitakerWhat has your church done to make sure the sanctuary truly is a safe place on Sunday morning? How do we balance the desire to protect our flocks while living out of faith rather than fear? The church I currently serve is in the process of developing a long-range plan for the church.&nbsp; One of the initial steps in this process is a survey to members of the congregation.&nbsp; My very first day on the job I sat in on a meeting of the committee that was discussing the survey and noticed a set of questions at the very beginning of the survey that focused on whether people felt &lsquo;safe&rsquo; in the church.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The past year has seen some scary and horrific things happen inside churches.&nbsp; I was in Knoxville, Tennessee last summer a day after a man walked into a Unitarian Universalist Church and began shooting killing one man.&nbsp; A few months ago a minister was shot in the pulpit at a church just of hours away from here outside St. Louis, and then last week a doctor was shot and killed at his church.&nbsp; These are just a few of the incidents of violence, vandalism, burglary, and other heinous crimes which happen on the sacred ground where we go each week for &lsquo;sanctuary.&rsquo;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Safety is a serious concern and should not be taken lightly, but how far do we go?&nbsp; Installing cameras at the entrances and keeping doors locked seem like good ideas but what about security guards?&nbsp; Do you arm them?&nbsp; Do you keep an &lsquo;eye&rsquo; on suspicious people?&nbsp; Should we surround pulpits with bulletproof glass like the ones used for President Obama?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gospels tell us that the opposite of faith is not doubt but fear.&nbsp; In our churches we have to balance the desire and call to protect those who enter our sanctuaries with the impulse to act out of fear or guard against the appearance we are acting out of fear.&nbsp; It is not an easy line to walk.&nbsp;noDay1.orgBanistered HomesIn Bible times, roofs were flat and persons walked on them. Under the Mosaic Law, a man building a house was required to build around the roof a battlement or banister to prevent persons from falling off. If a man failed to banister his roof, he was held responsible for any accident or loss of life resulting from his neglect.
Similar safe guards are required in modern homes. You would scarcely build a house without a proper protection for porches and stairways where there might be danger of someone falling.
Author John R. Gunn comments that, "It is doubly important that a home have proper safety devices where there are children. Older ones may have learned to be cautious, but who would think of exposing his children to the danger of an unbanistered porch or staircase? Yet when it comes to the far more important matter of safeguarding our children against moral and spiritual peril, how poorly many of our homes are banistered. In many homes, there is no established order for government of the household. Little or no attention is given to discipline and religious teaching scarcely receives a thought. It is the sacred duty of parents to lead their children into an ever increasing knowledge of Christ and a steadfast obedience to His will; to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
If you are a parent, see to it that your home is well banistered with good order, proper discipline, religious instruction and prayer.Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://day1.org/2440-banistered_homes
http://day1.org/2440-banistered_homesThe Rev. John GunnIn this episode of Be Still and Know, The Rev. John R. Gunn asserts, "It is the sacred duty of parents to lead their children into an ever increasing knowledge of Christ and a steadfast obedience to His will; to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."In Bible times, roofs were flat and persons walked on them. Under the Mosaic Law, a man building a house was required to build around the roof a battlement or banister to prevent persons from falling off. If a man failed to banister his roof, he was held responsible for any accident or loss of life resulting from his neglect.
Similar safe guards are required in modern homes. You would scarcely build a house without a proper protection for porches and stairways where there might be danger of someone falling.
Author John R. Gunn comments that, "It is doubly important that a home have proper safety devices where there are children. Older ones may have learned to be cautious, but who would think of exposing his children to the danger of an unbanistered porch or staircase? Yet when it comes to the far more important matter of safeguarding our children against moral and spiritual peril, how poorly many of our homes are banistered. In many homes, there is no established order for government of the household. Little or no attention is given to discipline and religious teaching scarcely receives a thought. It is the sacred duty of parents to lead their children into an ever increasing knowledge of Christ and a steadfast obedience to His will; to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
If you are a parent, see to it that your home is well banistered with good order, proper discipline, religious instruction and prayer.noDay1.org